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Oh yeah, & I’m on birth control: Seasonique. It rocks.

Woopwoop, SerenaDante, my favorite resident sexpert

I had really really bad periods, but having children made them a lot better.

I had just horrid times of the month before I jumped on birth control pills. It works wonders.

i want to poke your boobies.

anyways, does birth control make your boobs bigger?
when you get your period, does your boobies swell up too?

I dont suffer lot from periods, so i dont need to take it. lucky me.

A double whammy. Cool.

The week of my period is the only time I’ll get a headache (just one for the entire month though), but otherwise my period is just another week in the month.

I used to be on Alesse 28 and that did well for regulating my periods and clearing up my skin, but I was lazy and kept forgetting a pill or two so I’d have like two or three periods a month. It’s more worth it now with semi-okay skin and one period every 40 days than with my bad pill taking habits and 2 or 3 periods in a month.

I like eating chocolate coated with real cocoa powder. Even if it doesn’t help with everyone’s PMS, it’s still pretty awesome.

Just wanted to tell you…You can take it for what it’s worth, … I have typed for doctors for 18+ years, am currently typing patient notes for vascular surgeons, surgeons who excise a lot of breast masses and refer to oncologists (cancer doctors) for radiation/chemotherapy, etc. Now, keep in mind that while I am not a doctor or claim to be, lol, while typing these referral/surgical excision notes for two years now, I have noticed that most women who are found to have gotten breast cancer in their 30s or 40 are women who have taken birth control pills or hormone therapy at some time, some even for a short period of time. Now, this, again, as stated above, has just been something I have noticed, but 9 times out of 10 when I type a breast cancer patient’s note, they took a hormone related pill, again some birth control pill or a hormone therapy medication. Just thought this info might be helpful to you. Am not trying to discourage you against taking BCPs, just thought you might want to weight the benefits now versus potential breast cancer down the line,

whoa your periods last 5 days? what’s long :/ mine lasts 3-4 days @_@..and i get cramps

“If I were Mormon, I’d marry you all (and your spouses too).”

not all mormons are polygamist. i’m mormon and i think that’s kind of offensive actually.

I don’t have really BAD periods… I just get annoyed when the time comes. Its kindof sad how I almost DREAD the day it comes, but meh, what can we do? Nature’s gift to us… will become handy one day, haha.
I will NEVER use birthcontrol… because:
1) I’m staying a virgin until marriage
2) My periods aren’t bad
3) A LOT of their side effects are bad

I do yoga and eat cumin seeds at least three times a day with hot water. Reduces the pain a lot Herbal medicine is awesome.

i’ve never had terribly bad periods, but since being on the pill they have gotten better. i’m still an emotional wreck the week before my period.

I have had some bad periods, but it’s not always like that, so I rather just deal with it than take birth control pills.  Plus, I plan to stay virgin until marriage and I know there are very bad side effects to birth control pills (and other medicines of course), so BCP is not for me….  

I get terrible cramps every once in a while, but not enough to warrant taking the pill.  Keeping ibuprofen in my system for two days once I start feeling the slightest tinge of a cramp usually does the trick to keep them completely at bay.  I’d rather stick with condoms than risk the crappy side effects of artificial hormones. (Plus, my periods are only 5 days long with almost no bleeding at day 3 and then really light bleeding on the last two.  That was probably TMI….)

I was on Seasonale when it first came out.  It made me bleed ALL THE TIME for three months straight, so I had to wear protection every single day.  My sex drive was also completely shot, and not just because I was bleeding out my vagina.  I would never recommend it to anyone, and it ruined my opinion of hormonal birth control.

I also learned that your attraction to specific men changes significantly when you begin or stop taking the pill.  Many women suddenly realize they’re not attracted to their husbands when they want to start trying to have kids, and since they’ve been on BC ever since they met, these women had no idea they weren’t actually attracted to them.  It was the effects of the hormones and how they responded to certain scents that indicated genetic compatibility.  I don’t want to get into the science of it right now, but that’s another major reason I don’t take the pill.

i love birth control too!!.. i was afraid of using it at first… but the pain was just TOO much. .it wud get so bad.. i would faint.. now i barely even notice i have my period becaue i get no signs of PMS.

i use loestrin .. and it makes my mood better.. it clears up my skin ( i dont get pimples) .. my boobs got a lil bigger!!(YAY) and i did NOT gain any weight. the world is great with birth control by my side lol

oh i am on aleese 28 too ! my periods were brutal and sometimes i actually ended up blacking out. it was fine for the longest time. i had no cramps. my skin was perfect and i never pmsed. but then one day it all hit and i never could go back.

aleese 28 you are my savior! my cramps are not as horrible as before, my periods are so much lighter and my skin cleared up quite a bit! i never gained weight. andmy chest actualy stayed the same ><

I’m all about the Nuvaring. During my period I am armed with chocolate, warm drinks (tea or hot chocolate), and a body pillow for sleeping (that is if the boyfriend is unavailable).

my periods usually last all of 3-4 days because of the birth control i’m on: yaz. it’s alright, but it gives me crazy mood swings. and i still get horrible cramps during the first day of my period.

hahaha

Meh. I don’t get PMS pain. Just… tender boobs. Hahah.

My friends used to say I PMS year-round o_O, and I really didn’t think too much about it because I didn’t get much of the physical symptoms (though I’d get cramps about every other or third month for like a day), but now I’m starting to see that I’m a lot more irritable the week prior to my period.  Maybe I should go on the pill too; that way I wouldn’t be making people cry left and right o_O.

….i love dead baby jokes!

@JUSTAVAPORHERE@xanga - Birth control does carry a higher risk of breast cancer (SOOOOO LOW), but it does protect AGAINST ovarian and uterine cancer.  What are you gonna do, lol

For all you taking birth control, don’t worry about the cancer risk. The FDA guidlines on passing drugs for healthy people is much stricter than their guidlines for drugs treating actual illnesses.  If there was a significant risk for anything the drug wouldn’t be on the market.

I started taking Apri after I got married.  I would forget to take it at the right time every day which resulted in spotting all month long.  It was horrible.  So, when I went in for my annual, I asked my doc about the depo shot and I love it!  No side effects, no periods, no nothing.  It’s awesome.  I’ve never had bad periods… ever.  They were just like any other day, but now I don’t even have to worry about buying feminine products.  It’s great! 

@sprinkibrio@xanga - the FDA is full of crap.

I used to have horrible cramps so I took birth control pills which
helped a little. But, after having my daughter they are not so bad so I
don’t need the birth control. And umm..don’t take this the wrong way
but I think that’s really f**ked up that you like dead baby jokes and I
hope you never have children. 

I have horrible periods – 7 days and a horrible bloodshed (that is I have to use night pads even during the day), but I’m on Diane35 birthpill (acne medication) but they do help my period slightly as well.

excuse me, I couldn’t help but notice what you said about Mormons…
the Mormons who practice polygamy are fundamentalists (not even real Mormons).
Latter Day Saints are real, non-polygamy practicing Mormons, hence I am a member.
just thought I’d let you know. no offense to you or anything. =)

hm… alesse…? hm… probably won’t work for me. my pain (that lasts 3 whole days >.<) goes past even maximum strength pills (or at least, one or two of the symptoms do) =(

My periods are soo superbad as far as cramps and how heavy they are. ((i get sick to the point of vomiting from pain, have pain so sever I cant move, and sometimes get rather close to passing out)) =[ I kind of want birth control to help w/ it but unfort. i’m only 15 and I think I would be treated like a whore at school if anyone knew.

@quiet_strength@revelife - 

The FDA is our only actual regulation on these sorts of things.  It’s a large responsibility.  Would you rather use unregulated unstudied “natural” products?  Those are “approved” by the CEO of a natural products company who would rather make money off uneducated, desperate people and not “waste” money to have his product studied for FDA approval.

@JUSTAVAPORHERE@xanga -

I’m also wary of using birth control. My doctor discouraged me since I have a family history of breast cancer.  I also didn’t like the idea of mimicking a false pregnancy every month.  I recommend changing your diet. A lot of dairy and red meats are high in fat, which encourages estrogen levels to rise way high, while progesterone falls low.  To supplement calcium, take a calcium/magnesium vitamin everyday.  Additionally, you can buy progesterone cream to balance the ratio.  For other ideas, I highly recommend “A Smart Woman’s Guide to PMS and Pain-Free Periods” by Linda Woolven.

did it make you gain weight?

i heard birth control makes u gain weight, which is prob the only reason i wouldnt use it

I take vicodin. Pill never worked for me.